Banahan captured the day's experiences on social media, Houston's trademark smile lighting up a Twitter video as he arrived at Twickenham in the build-up to Saturday's contest.

Houston spent two seasons at first Bordeaux then Colomiers before three stand-out years at Bath from 2013 catapulted him back onto the Wallabies' radar.

The likeable back-rower was refusing to remove his Wallabies cap after helping Michael Cheika's men to their third victory of the Rugby Championship, and quickly tipped that hard-won hat to his colleagues and friends at Bath.

"It was awesome to see Matt Banahan waiting there when we arrived," said Houston.

"I asked those boys if they could come down and they jumped at the chance. It was not just Matt Banahan, it was Matt Garvey and Kane Palma-Newport too.

"I asked them if they could come down and see me and that was unbelievable.

"These boys are the reason I'm here. If I hadn't played for Bath, and played to my potential, with those guys around me, helping me, I wouldn't be here today.

"So I'm very thankful to them for that.

"I'll probably keep the cap on for a few days now. My old man's got a great set-up with my jerseys and things back home, so hopefully this will be framed at some point and go into that."

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